太平洋
解説 Definition
地球最大の海洋である太平洋に関連する語。アジア、オセアニア、南北アメリカ大陸に囲まれた広大な海。
The Pacific, or the Pacific Ocean, is the world’s largest ocean, lying between Asia and Australia on one side and North and South America on the other. The geographical name is normally capitalized and often used with “the.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
太平洋を指す固有名詞では the Pacific または the Pacific Ocean とし、P を大文字にします。語源は「平和な・穏やかな」を表す pacific で、peace や pacifism と同じ「平和」の核を持ちます。across the Pacific、Pacific islands など地理表現と結び付けて覚えましょう。
Connect the name Pacific with the idea of peace. The adjective pacific historically means peaceful or calming, and the ocean received its European name after Magellan’s expedition encountered relatively calm waters. For the ocean, capitalize the word and usually use the article: the Pacific or the Pacific Ocean. Learn it in geographical combinations such as Pacific islands, the Pacific coast, sail across the Pacific, and countries around the Pacific. This capitalization separates the proper geographical name from the uncommon lowercase adjective meaning peaceful.
例文
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean on Earth.
太平洋は地球上で最大の海洋です。
Many islands are scattered across the Pacific.
太平洋には多くの島々が点在しています。
They sailed across the Pacific from Japan to California.
彼らは日本からカリフォルニアまで太平洋を横断して航海しました。
pacific の類義語・関連語
pacific の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 pācificus（平和をもたらす）に由来し、pāx（平和）+ facere（作る）の合成語。探検家マゼランが嵐の大西洋を抜けた後、穏やかなこの海を「平和の海」と名付けた。関連語: pacifism（平和主義）、peace（平和）。
Pacific comes from Latin pacificus, meaning “peace-making” or “peaceful,” formed from pax, “peace,” and facere, “to make.” The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan named the ocean Mar Pacífico, or “peaceful sea,” after experiencing calm conditions there during his expedition. English adopted Pacific as the ocean’s proper name. Words such as pacify and pacifism preserve the same historical association with peace.
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